how much longer can we count on a mild warnings? the forecast continues right now. >> you are watching wbal-tv 11. live, local, late breaking. >> good morning. thank you for joining us. >> another great day. >> i think so. advertise 64. we're doing pretty well. but this time next week that temperatures will change. 57 at the airport. take a light jacket to start with. 20 percent chance in for a rain shower or sprinkle. the high temperatures, upper 70 is the major news. talking about the tropics. first, what is happening on the

roads. still looks pretty good at the 6:00 hour. to go if you are traveling, possible delays and closures to expect. fairfax to 795, everything checking out. to enter 95, everything checking out checking dry times, 11 minutes on the outer loop northeast side. standing on the west side. look at quick, live traffic. and of state and area of liberty road. continues to build. we will see delays very soon pass liberty. we will let you know once that happens. that is the very latest on traffic pulse 11. >> new this morning, a woman is rushed to the hospital after an overnight shooting in east baltimore. this have been around tonight. the word on a woman's condition

or whether she was the intended target. police investigating an officer- involved shooting just before 9:00 tuesday night. police say the officer opened fire after the suspect fired on them as he fled the scene. the officer involved is part of the violent crime impact section, especially student that focuses on illegal drug offenders. we understand police have a subscription -- description of the suspect. to go police say there were notified about the sexual assault on monday night at the victim checked herself into an area hospital. according to campus authorities, they said this did it was leaving the library shared by an odor deemed and the neighboring university when someone attacked her.

-- by notre dame, and neighboring university when someone attacked her. he grabbed her from behind and raped her and left the scene. there was definitely a heightened awareness on campus. >> we of increased security patrols. making sure our officers are public visible presence. students can see them on campus. >> as for the description you were talking about, the suspect is described as a male in his mid-forties. they believe the as facial hair and was wearing dark-covered clothing at the time. to g>> former baltimore catholic school teachers sentenced to four life sentences for rape could soon walk free. a jury convicted him for the rape of a student back in the 1970's. the federal appeals court in virginia could vacate of

conviction because his lawyer at the time failed to tell him about a proposed plea deal. no word on when the ruling might come down. to go the man accused of secretly videotaping women inside their home will not get out of jail any time soon. a judge revoked bail. it shows in setting up the camera inside a woman's condo. detectives continue to look at whether he set up cameras targeting other victims. a 13-year-old prince george's county board will not spend any time inside jail for the beating of his foster sister. this after the boy entered a plea for the attack last july. under the judge's order, visits from the family will be restricted, and no one in the valley is living in a be under the age of 18. >> president obama and mitt

romney hope the next 13 days prove to be lucky with the debates now over they are engaging in a cross-country race to rack up more votes. kaput >> the president alone today will cover 5000, more than 5,000 miles. mitt romney is keeping up the pace. >> wow. >> hello, florida. >> is a sprint across the country. ohio looms large as the place to be. the president has campaign here more than any other state and is heading back to ohio later this week. >> make some phone calls with me. we will win mcgovern county again. we will win ohio again.

we will win the election again. >> mitt romney plans to hit ohio hard today, too. >> both campaigns try to get the vote out early. >> i want you to make sure to begin voting. early voting has already started. we want you to begin right now. >> the candidates are spending big bucks, nearly 1 billion on advertising. >> i will leave you in an open and honest way. i would like to be the next president of the united states. >> it is an honor to be your president. i am asking to your boat -- for your vote so we can keep moving america forward. >> there is still a couple of weeks left for campaign advertisements. that means it could potentially get ugly. back to you. >> ohio a key battleground

states in this contest. the president has been there a lot. how many times has he been to ohio? >> according to the associated press, 17 times. >> while. and foreign state. thank you. >> this election season we're seeing more and foreign adversaries of us. -- wow. thankyou you. >> we have to stop this faulty and silly logic that says we can fund our virtues by expanding. take a baltimore area state delegates joined the clergy delegation. they say the claims are slightly misleading.

that brings us to the water cooler question of the day, do you think religious leaders should take an active role on religious -- on political questions? degrees at b.w.i. airport. details of a pay gap among recent college graduates. >> hundred lineup for dna testing. >> an explosive fight on the school playground. to discover the local must love and why it could've been much worse. to go avery, holding one of my -- holding one of the very first stethoscopes. the history of medicine when we come back after the break. >> also checking their roads. >> also checking their roads. of firsts accident along i moved to new york to work in fashion.

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step outdoors. details on that coming up. first, i am live at one of the oldest buildings in baltimore and oldest buildings in the entire medical community. i am here with the executive director of the medical alumni association. it releases a lot about how the medical community has changed over the 200 years but has released a the same. talking about some of our defense. this is a stethoscope developed by a frenchman in 1816. we adopted in 1840. >> it hardly looks like what you'd think of a stethoscope. >> it does not work as well either. this is for a doctor to concoct his medications. this is an apothecary kids.

arsenic, mercury. we were purging patients and leading them. this is a surgical amputation kit from the civil war. back then there was not a lot of surgery that was very sophisticated. they pretty much amputated the limit. most of the soldiers survived the original surgery and died days later from infection. to go without anesthesia as well. very scary to think of those tools being used on you. this is awesome. the ones we use today are little but smaller than this one, but that was used until the early 1900's. >> it is working. i can hear better. people can come here and lead the history. you have a celebration this friday. 12:00 open house. we will continue to talk about this all morning long.

back to tony and the weather center. -- in the weather center. >> my wife says i may be that they. we hear what we want to year. -- want to hear. >> love the history. we will talk to you next hour. 57 degrees at the airport. you may want to take a light jacket with you. you will not needed in the afternoon. we will make it to the upper 70's. average high temperature is 64. there is a disturbance in the upper level that is trying to come out of the mountains. it is trying to produce a little precipitation as well. seven of those rain showers could make it into the mountains and some neighborhoods around baltimore. a 20% chance you will see a little better read today at your

house. tropical storm sandy is about to become a hurricane. sustained winds have to make it up to 74 to make it to a hurricane. it will pass over delayed it, -- pass over to make up here yet the big question is what happens after that? a lot of computer models take a short and turn it into nor'easter. if that happens, the weather will get pretty interesting here in baltimore early next week. we will keep an eye on what happens here. 20 percent chance of rain shower. high temperature between 75-80 degrees. the winds are going to shift to the east tomorrow and on friday. that means the temperature will go down a little bit. 72 on thursday. 70 on friday. upper 60's saturday. the tail end of the forecast happens with what -- depends on what happens with the tropical

storm. if the storm stays off shore, we replace the raindrops with sunshine and of the temperatures up about 10 degrees. >> i say you need to work on that a little bit. back to the drawing board. checking your morning commute. several accidents in the past few minutes. starting with some of -- south hanover street, we're hearing there is a vehicle with a drought met. police on the scene working on that one. avoid the intersection of you can. 54 st. the scene of another crash. bonaparte avenue and cecil avenue and other crash. j effects is on time. 83, harrisburg expressway from the maryland line to the beltway looking good. . 57 when you get close to 795. 61 as you travel south on 795

out of the winds bills area. a live look at traffic. southbound traffic looking pretty good but building good and volume making your way towards the beltway. switching over to a live view of 83. southbound traffic also building down to the beltway. no official delay. a jury of for now. -- enjoy it for now. >> investigators in colorado have searched today for the killer of 10-year-old jessica ridgway. police are exploring similarities between her case and the attentive of the action of a jogger in the very same area five months earlier. police in california are investigating the brutal murders of a young mother and two young children. the woman's husband found her with her two and three-year-old children dead inside there on tuesday afternoon. police have not said how they died.

investigators questioned the father and neighbor but did not identify them as suspects. elements of a shake and bake meth lab on the playground. teachers discover the empty soda bottle on the playground. no children came into contact with it. now they're trying to figure out if the mets was made at the school or some of through the bottle on to the campus. >> in this morning's consumer alert, if you are planning to fly this thanksgiving holiday, are to pay more.p su it is nearly 9% more than the same time last year. jcpenny keeps giving out free stuff and recent college graduates are ready facing pay

gaps. jane king has those stories and more in the bloomberg business report. >> we know student debt is a huge problem. tuition at public universities continues to go up. a report shows it is up nearly 5% this year, the smallest increase in 12 years, but still outpaces the rate of inflation. female graduates working full- time or facing -- are facing lower pay been male co-workers. they earned 82 cents for every dollar mailes earned. the fed has a two-day meeting here did yesterday deep sell-off after weaker than expected quarterly results. the bloomberg maryland index dragged lower on losses from marriott. jcpenny prove that -- jcpenny

give up free haircuts to kids, which proved to be popular. they are now offering a free portrait every day in november. one a by 10 print and a digital copy. extras will cost you. in the coming weeks, you may cookies and places for kids as jcpenny tries to transition to a cooler, hipper place to shop. >> 57 degrees at the airport. an extra week to recover from the big loss to the texans. are the ravens planning any big changes? >> do not forget to e-mail as the question to the water cooler question of the day. do you think religious leaders should take a political position to things like expanded gambling? send us an e-mail at wbaltv.com. >> is a look at last night's

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my support for question 6 is rooted in my belief that the government should treat everyone equally. i wouldn't want someone denying my rights based upon their religious views, so i shouldn't deny others based upon mine. it's about fairness. i support this law because it doesn't force any church to perform a same sex marriage if it's against their beliefs. and that's what this is about. protecting religious freedom and all marylanders equally under the law. join me in voting for question 6. >> now, insta-weather-plus and traffic pulse together. >> bringing you up-to-date on several accidents we are

tracking. the most serious is hanover street. there are closures of the intersection. try to stay away from that as police and fire crews continue to work on the scene. eastern avenue at 54 street, with a crash. otherwise, is still up to speed on the north and west side of the beltway. we continue to see volume building. that is the heaviest bought. 56 on southbound 95, down from white marsh. a live view of traffic. southbound traffic going away from us. definitely starting to build in volume. it is switching over to a live view of the harrisburg expressway. and southbound traffic moving without delay. and that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> that morning, everyone. not a whole lot happening weather-wise. 20 percent chance we could see a

sprinkle pass by. really no big deal. 53 and park then. you may want to take a light truck -- light jacket to start the day. high temperature near 78 degrees. a slight chance for rain shower. when we come back, we will talk about the weekend. here is keith mills. >> now, 11 sports with keep mills. -- keith mills. officiallysns are off as they gear up for the second half of the season. a lot of work to do for the coaching staff. there will look for answers to question, what is wrong with the defense? some things have to change. >> there is always going to be a change, just a matter of what change your talking about. drastic changes? probably not. we have our structure.

what we have to do is adjust it. we have to realign some of our rules as far as that control against the run or how we play coverages and things like that. >> get one of the world series at 4 tonight in san francisco. justin verlander for the tigers. they play their first game as a franchise since 1901. the giants go back to their days in new york in the early 18 eighties. amazingly they have been -- never before that and the world series. i was thinking wouldn't it be nice if the orioles were in the world series again? >> thank you. 57 degrees at the airport. still ahead, the number of cases

in the nationwide meningitis outbreak continues to grow. what investigators found that the lab at the center of it all and how could cost them their license. >> college student sexually assaulted. police looking for the suspect. >> why the new owner is no stranger to baltimore. take a tracking three accidents -- >> tracking three accidents in baltimore. we will update your coming up. >> celebratin

>> him his is a 11th used today at 6:00 a.m. -- ll news today at 6:00 a.m. >> we will make it up to 78 his afternoon. there will be a 20% chance for

showers. most of you did not see any rain yesterday and will not see any today. a mix of sun and clouds as we head out into the afternoon. take a jacket as you head out for the day. >> thank you. baltimore city police released a photo of a suspect connected with an assault on a university campus. >> we have more details on the story. >> please have a description of the suspect they are looking for. campus security has been stepped up. they are asking students to be aware of their surroundings. an early-morning trip home from the library turn horrifying for a 19-year-old students. campus officials say she was leaving this library when someone attacked her. >> she was approached from behind by an unknown man. he grabbed her and sexually assaulting her before fleeing from the area.

>> baltimore city police are still investigating. detectives were notified monday night after the victim checked herself into a local hospital. security here is always a priority. there was a heightened awareness on campus after the assault. >> we have increased our campus controls and are making sure our safety officers are visible and present so students can see them on campus. >> students are reminded to always walked in groups and take advantage of the campus escort service. >> we want to remind everyone not to be distracted by their cell phone and other electronic devices when they are walking. >> this seniors says she already does all those things. monday's of salt is unusual. -- ssault -- she says monday's assault was unusual.

as for a description, police said they are looking for a caucasian male in his mid-40's. >> meanwhile, baltimore county police are investing in any reports of a sexual assault involving 213-year-old girls. -- 213-year-old girls. -- two 13 year-old girls. officers found a shooting victim and it is unclear whether the shooting was planned a more targeted. >> police picked up a 50-year old woman on monday. prosecutors say she took

payments in order to falsifying drug test results and to face discharge certificates for people in treatment programs. the pharmacy in the center of a recent outbreak could soon lose its license. massachusetts state officials found visible black specks of fun this in steroids at the newly cleaned -- new england come pounding center. >> investigators demonstrated that compound medications ready for distribution were not labeled with patient-specific identifiers as required under massachusetts licensing regulations. with this violation, they were operating beyond their compound the license, instead acting as a manufacturer. >> the number of medication deaths have occurred.

>> in this one's project academy report, the crown jewel of the -- this morning's project reports, the crown jewel of the harbor will be sold. the deal is expected to close next month. 350 employees will be shed in maryland. the company calls it a voluntary separation program. the cuts come at the manager and director level. a number of other employees also be affected. the company will start mandating action by early next year. >> a busy morning rush out there incident-wise.

we will start along south hanover street. an accident with entrapment. police are working on the scene. italy wants to avoid as you travel on eastern avenue at 54th street -- definitely one you want to avoid as you travel on east and 54th street. in looks like we may have a problem on i-83. delays are forming in the southbound direction. we will look into this in the area of middletown road. looking pretty good on the north side. we are looking at the latest on the west side outer loop. we will keep you posted. a quick live look dead traffic. he lays down toward the 895 split toward the marsh area.

a slowdown developing from liberty toward the outer loop. and talk about the history of medicine. we are learning a lot from the live shots this morning. good morning. >> good morning. so much history to be learned here in north baltimore. this is one of the oldest buildings in the entire medical community. they are celebrating their open house this friday. they will be celebrating 200 years that this building has stood in its place. all of the development behind me -- that in 1812, this was the outskirts of downtown. they had a clear view to port -- for mchenry. you can help them in their restoration when you come to their open house on friday.

let's check with the forecast. it is unbelievably warm. it is in the 60's right now. we are expecting high temperatures of near 80 degrees this afternoon. there are a couple of sprinkel to have to worry about. they need to tropical system moves our way. he could either have sunny weather or heavy rain. we will keep you updated on that as the forecast changes. e is 6:37.j one of our friends is that for an appearance. you get a chance to give him a name. we will tell you which options you have to choose from coming up. >> we are still taking your answers to our water cooler question. do you think religious leaders should take positions on political issues like gavelling?

>> there is a new edition at the zoo. a giraffe was born monday night. the public has been involved in every step of the pregnancy. how the birth was a strange law as online.

-- life online. officials do not know if the draft is a boy or a girl. >> everybody's favored new panda cub is making a personal appearance. he checked out with flying colors at his latest check of. he is up to seven points 7 5 pounds. voters have been giving an option of what to name him. carlotta suggested tony panda. he is so cute. >> tony is, too. still ahead, we will take a look said the morning's top stories. >> a busy wednesday morning rush. we will check on the problem at hanover street next. >> i like to get my belly

scratch. we will check the seven-day forecast. a peek out cypriots 64 already downtown. stay tuned. stay tuned. whether --

as a pastor, my support for question 6

is rooted in my belief that the government should treat everyone equally. i would not want someone denying my rights based upon their religious views, therefore i should not deny others based upon mine. it's about fairness. this law does not force any church to perform a same sex marriage if it's against their beliefs. and that's what this is about. protecting religious freedom and protecting all marylanders equally under the law. join me in voting for question 6. >> welcome back to 11 news today. a federal baltimore catholic school teachers sentence to 4 life sentences and could walk free. he was convicted in 1930 -- 1995 for the rape of a student. the conviction could be vacated because the lawyer of the

suspect failed to tell them about a plea deal. an officer involved shooting happened just before 9:00 p.m. last night. police say the officer opened fire after the suspect in an earlier shooting fired on him as he fled the scene. the officer involved is part of the violent crime impact section. that is a specialized unit that focuses on the illegal gun and drug offenders. the man accused of secretly videotaping two women in their home will not be getting out of jail anytime soon. bill has been revoked after being set at $100,000. -- bail was originally set at $1,000.

>> now weather and traffic together. >> here is a look at your morning commute. we want to update you on a problem on the harrisburg express. it is being reported in the northbound direction taking up the right lane. the impact is being felt southbound so they may -- there may be some southbound lanes. take a look at what is happening northbound. the delays began around york road. we will keep you posted on that. and in a section to avoid as police continue to work on the scene of -- an interception to avoid as police continue to work on the scene of an accident. we are speaking of volume monday was side outer loop beginning at 795/ yellow on southbound

95. we will show you what it looks like on the harrisburg expressway at york road. it is backing up from the parking region all the way down to milton road. this is from a reporter in northbound incident. that is the latest. ava fills us in on the history of medicine in a nutshell. good morning. >> good morning. we are celebrating the history of medicine on the u of c- maryland baltimore campus. this is exciting for the medical community. i am here with the university president. you have been doing a lot of things to celebrate this and found this week.

this tree has just been planted. this is part of the original tree that stood here when the building was erected. that is amazing. >> that is exactly right. where we are standing, there was a magnificent the english tree. this tree shaded the area for 200 years. smart people grab a tweed and took care of it. now we have that we -- smart people grab a twig and took care of it. >> what kind of other activities are you doing for founders with? >> found this week is a celebration of all the wonderful things that go on at the university. all of the care is done by faculty, staff, and our spectacular students. we honor a researcher,

educator, and educator of the year. we take our students on the lawn and serve them launch as we do our wonderful staff. >> university of maryland president. i know we showed a picture of the original building, which showed the original tree. i will post that on the wbal facebook page. >> one of the oldest buildings in the state of maryland. is this the 200 anniversary? can you imagine that kind of bird day? >> it is amazing. >> the whole area is rich with history. thank you. temperature-wise, temperatures are about the same as they were yesterday. we will make it a bit warmer in the afternoon. sen story as yesterday where you had to take your jacket in the

morning, but did the needed in the afternoon. there is a little bit of cloud cover to start the day to day. there is a disturbance that in the mountains in the upper levels of the atmosphere that is trying to create a couple of rain showers. a little bit of stuff popping up on hd doppler. some of that may make it out of the mountains and pass through a few neighborhoods. fall, it will be a nice day with temperatures above average. the major weather story is tropical storm sandy. it is on the verge of becoming a hurricane. it could be transformed into a monster storm and slam into the newly england coast next week. if that scenario plays out,

there will be interesting weather in maryland as we get to monday and tuesday. it will be quiet, but it could be bumpy next week. a mixture of sunshine and clouds. unseasonably mild. the average height is 64. we will make it up to 78 this afternoon. seven-day forecast taking us into the weekend. winds will shift to the east. 72 on thursday. 70 on friday. we will dip into the upper-60's. it is going to be rainy, windy, and cold with temperatures in the 50's. if storm stay offshore, it will add 10 degrees to the temperatures. it could happen either way. >> time for a last look at what our big stories this morning. the person responsible for a sexual assault at the

university. >> good morning. police say they were notified on monday after the victim checked herself into a local hospital. the 19-year-old student was leaving a library shared by notre dame and another university. a man came up to her from behind. he grabbed her, sexually assaulted her and ran from the scene. campus officials say security is always a priority, but today a heightened awareness. they are asking students to be aware of their surroundings and the focus of where they are going, not looking down at the cell phones or texting. please continue to search for a suspect. >> the police know anything about the suspect? >> they have a description of him. a caucasian male in his 40's with some facial hair. at the time of the attack, he was wearing dark clothes -- dark

colored clothing. >> thank you. the time is now 6:52. it is 60 degrees at the airport. we will come back with some of your answers for our water cooler question of the day. cooler question of the day.

and this is maryland. every year marylanders spend five hundred and fifty million gaming at casinos in these other states. question seven will build a new casino and bring table games to baltimore... generating hundreds of millions for schools. and that money has to go to education. it's the law. so vote for question seven. so we can stop spending all that money here, and keep maryland money in classrooms like mine.

>> time for some of your answers to our watercolor question of the day. >> doreen rights that leaders

should take a stand on political issues. we do not have to follow their views, but we can use them to form our own. >> another person writes, what happened to the separation of church and state? >> donna writes, no, that is what our forefathers came to this country, to separate church and state. we are going to place more comments on our website at wbaltv.com. just in time for halloween, we will tell you about a group's quest for justice 350 years after being convicted for being witches. >> find out why a school is not budging on a threat to suspend a student. you are taking a car fire.

>> it is at middletown road. it is having a southbound impact. delays begin at york road. you have a right lane closure as you travel northbound on i-83. an accident at eastern avenue and 54th. biggest delays are on the west side. 19 miles -- 90 minutes to get you through the stretch from 795 to 95. he lays out of the white marsh area. >> great weather today, but things could be changing drastically. >> it depends on what happens with tropical storm sandy. >> thanks for joining us. back with a live update at 7:25. back with a live update at 7:25.